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Roughhousing ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 21-, 26-, 33-, 40-, 43-, 47- and 56-Across
Answer for the clue "Roughhousing ... or a hint to the ends of 17-, 21-, 26-, 33-, 40-, 43-, 47- and 56-Across ", 9 letters:
horseplay
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Horseplay may refer to: Horseplay (2003 film) , an Australian film Horseplay (2014 film) , a Hong Kong action comedy film Horseplay (band) , an English folk music band Horseplay humor , an aspect of low comedy
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"rough, excessive play," 1580s, from horse (n.) with its associations of "strong, coarse" + play (n.). \n
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. rowdy or boisterous play
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Horseplay on the school bus is not allowed. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Cosmopolitan chief Marcelle d'Argy Smith stormed out of the historic Oxford Union debating chamber after sitting through 90 minutes of bawdy horseplay ...
Usage examples of horseplay.
Only in the privacy of the wardroom could middies release their natural tensions in horseplay.
Gym bags and oversize canvas duffels had been lined up in random clusters while the kids themselves milled around, engaged in various forms of horseplay.
There was something weird, something repugnant about the thought of those men sitting up to their necks in wooden tubs of skin-scummy bathwater, splashing and horseplaying like kids in a swimming hole.
And there was something repugnant about the thought of those men sitting up to their necks in wooden tubs of skin-scummy bathwater, splashing and horseplaying like kids in a swimming hole.